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Oh, and one more thing I'll add. I can't move to my hometown anymore because housing prices have gotten insane. I could probably build for cheaper than it cos
by cogman10 2y ago
Oh, and one more thing I'll add. I can't move to my hometown anymore because housing prices have gotten insane. I could probably build for cheaper than it costs to buy an existing home.
Why is this? Because a bunch of "get rich quick" scammers have purchased all the vacant homes and turned them into air-bnbs while they wait and hope to flip the properties to someone else.
My hometown is not some sort of "vacation destination". I highly doubt anyone is ever renting a single one of those homes. Yet here we are, with people sitting on property that used to be the homes of my childhood friends leaving them vacant or with a sale price that's double or triple what it should be for the location.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y agoMy rural (then) hometown was rearranged out of existence. They even changed the name. I visited 5 years back and it was weirder than I imagined. Most of the roads don't go in the same direction any more. A massive 100year old prison complex was erased. The woods were cleared for roads, parks and housing. Meanwhile, the prison fields had grown into woods. Taken together, it was right out of my 7yo Kafka-dreams.